Katy gave birth to her and Kris‘ first child on Tuesday (July 30). The couple has been together since they were in high school and they got married back in September 2008, right before he started his journey to becoming an American Idol winner.

“My wife and I were driving home. We were getting into a turning lane and this lady came out of nowhere and hit us head on. We were going about 25 miles an hour,” Kris said in a recent interview about the crash. “From the looks of the car, it could have been a lot worse. It kept us real safe. There were a lot of airbags.”

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Kris Allen looks visibly distraught while trying to relax in his hospital bed after breaking his arm in a head-on collision car crash on Tuesday (January 1).

“From Kris: he’s in a lot of pain, arm broke, may not play guitar for a while. Prayers welcome please! #headoncollision,” the 27-year-old American Idol winner’s mom Kimberlytweeted.

“Kristopher and [his wife] Katy are both pretty beat up but ALIVE! Thank you Jesus! They are setting his arm now and will have surgery tomorrow,” Kimberly added. “Zorro is fine too! Very shook up, but not injured.”

Kris Allen is white hot in this exclusive new photo shoot for JustJared.com held on Thursday (May 24) at a private residence in Los Angeles.

The 26-year-old singer’s warm-hearted album Thank You Camellia debuted last week and has been well-received. “Thank You Camellia is full of such charming flourishes,” writes one journalist. “The whistling on ‘My Weakness’, a funky electric piano on ‘Rooftops’, the gamelan instrument that session drummer Aaron Sterling plays on ‘Monster’.”

Kris Allen stops by The Darby restaurant for a surprise performance on Tuesday (May 22) in NYC.

“I love pop music, but I love pop music that does something a little bit different. It’s not all ‘this is what we should be doing because this is the process of making music,’ it’s ideas and being creative,” the 26-year-old singer recently told USA Today.

“I want my music to feel like I’m giving something to someone else and not that I’m expecting something back,” Kris said, while promoting his new album Thank You Camellia.

“I like singing. I like writing. I like making music with these guys,” he added. “This is all, like, me giving something to other people. If I get something in return – awesome.”